Maternal serum corticotropin-releasing hormone at midgestation in hispanic and white women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-564

  Siler Khodr, T M ^b   Forthman, G ^b   Khodr, C ^b   Matyszczyk, S ^b   Khodr, Z ^b   Khodr, Gabriel ^a  

^a Southwest Genetics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037336865     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)03072-7     Document Type: Article

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